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WHO WE ARE

ODW Logistics is a people-focused and customer-driven third-party logistics (3PL) provider committed to delivering seamless end-to-end supply chain solutions. Our extensive range of services include supply chain design and innovation, warehousing, efficient distribution and fulfillment, freight brokerage, transportation management, and specialized e-commerce fulfillment solutions.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Software Engineer II performs analysis and defines functionality for system improvements and new features within ODW Logistics’ Transportation Management System (TMS). This position designs, develops, tests, and supports enhancements to the TMS platform—a modular monorepo of backend services and a modern web frontend that powers freight operations including order management, load planning, carrier integrations, rating, optimization, and invoicing. The SE II is expected to work with increasing independence and provide direction to junior team members.

Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Designs and codes features and services across the TMS platform, working across backend, frontend, and database layers following established architectural patterns.
2. Maintains and modifies existing applications under direction from senior staff members and provides direction for others on implementation approaches and coding standards.
3. Designs and develops REST APIs with auto-generated documentation, ensuring consistency with the team’s API-first approach.
4. Follows best practices for architecture including repository patterns, dependency injection, and domain-driven design used across the platform.
5. Participates in defining and implementing technical direction for assigned features and components.
6. A key contributor in selecting and implementing technical architecture of assigned projects, including asynchronous messaging, caching, and real-time communication patterns.
7. Performs or reviews system analysis, design, programming, testing, debugging, and documentation for assigned features and components.
8. Contributes to CI/CD pipelines for automated testing, building, and deployment across multiple environments.
9. Works with support and documentation groups to provide technical and user training for new systems and major enhancements.
10. Participates in process improvement and acts as a catalyst for change within the development team.
11. Effectively works with peers, team members, and other departments including transportation operations, carrier management, and customer support.
12. Helps develop specification, program, and documentation standards.
13. Provides support for production applications, including monitoring and troubleshooting issues across the application stack.
14. Contributes to the success of projects by applying demonstrated knowledge of the platform and technology stack.
15. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Computer Science or related program, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in software development.
• Experience providing direction and mentorship to other engineers.

Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in at least one backend language, with the ability to work across the full stack.
• Experience building modern web applications with a component-based frontend framework.
• Solid experience writing and optimizing SQL for relational databases.
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs.
• Proficiency with Git version control and pull request-based workflows.
• Comfort working with containerized development and deployment environments.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Go (Golang) for backend service development.
• Experience with Angular and TypeScript.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server.
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration (Docker Swarm or Kubernetes).
• Experience with message queue systems (e.g., RabbitMQ) and caching layers (e.g., Redis).
• Experience with observability tools (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions) or OpenAPI/Swagger code generation.
• Transportation, logistics, or supply chain industry experience including concepts such as freight rating, load planning, carrier management, EDI, or shipment tracking.

Skills and Background

• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.

Other Information

• Full time position.
• 40-hour work week with flexible schedule (Monday – Friday).
• Position is based at the Columbus, OH or Hamilton, OH office location.
• Health, dental, and supplementary insurance available on first day of the month after date of hire.
• 401K enrollment with company match, available on the first day of the month after completing 90 calendar days of service.
• Salary Exempt Status.

Physical & Mental Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee requires the ability to:

• Hear, read and comprehend, write and communicate
• Continuously sit, type and perform repetitive wrist motion
• Occasionally stand, walk, bend, squat/kneel, twist/turn or reach
• Focus (with or without corrective lenses) to see close and distant, along with depth perception capabilities
• Lift up to 40 lbs.

The physical demands herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

OUR VALUES

Pillared on our core values, we strive for collective growth and reaching our highest potential. We are dedicated to helping our teammates experience fulfillment through their individual strengths and innovative ideas.

Respect | Give and it will be given.

We treat others as we want to be treated. We cannot control events, but we can control our response. We build respect through honesty, fairness, and integrity.

Trust | Earned over time.

We do what we say we will do. We are clear, direct, and honest. We seek to understand and be understood.

Team | Accomplish more together.

We work hard toward a common goal. We desire to make everyone successful. We achieve the best results as a team.

Opportunity | Realize your potential.

We believe all people have significance and potential. We understand work and life are integrated and we value both. We strive to make an impact in the world around us.

ODW Logistics is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at ODW Logistics are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status. ODW Logistics will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.